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G. O. RANSON. VENDING DBvIgE.

Afro/iwf V5 l UNITED-'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE O. RANSON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND VILLIAM B. LOBNER, OF SAME PLACE.

VENDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,029, dated November 24, 1896.

Application led March 18, 1896. Serial No. 583,714. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: produced, being attached to the inner wall of Be it known that I, GEORGE O. RANSON, of the receptacle by means of strips of paper, or, Portland, in the county of Multnomah and as shown in the drawings, the teeth may be State of Oregon, have invented a new and Imtemporarily secured in the receptacle by 55 5 proved Vending Device, of which the follow- `means of stick-pins 13, secured to the teeth ing is a full, clear, and exact description. and passed into the material of which the re- The object of the invention is to provide a ceptacle is made, as shown in Fig. 2. Each vending device which will be in the nature of tooth is provided with a cord or a string, prefa receptacle having a face produced thereon erably a cotton thread 14, attached thereto, 6o 1o and openings in the representation of the face and the various threads are led upwardto an representing the sockets'of the eyes and the engagement with a keeper 15, secured upon mouthbpening, the eye-sockets being proa slide 16, having movement in a slideway B. vided with movable eyeballs and the mouth (Shown particularly in Fig. 2.) The strings with teeth detachable therefrom, the teeth 14 from the upper teeth are carried directly 65 i5 being connected with the movable eyeballs to the said keeper, but the strings from the and likewise with packages of merchandise, lower teeth are passed over guide-rollers or so that as a tooth is drawn the eyeballs will through guide-loops 14, secured to the sides have such movement lin their sockets as to of the receptacle, before being carried to the produce an expression of pain on the reprekeeper 15, so as to prevent the strings from 7o zo sentation of the face, and whereby when the lthe lower set of teeth from interfering with tooth is detached from the mouth the eyeballs the strings -of the upper set. v will resume their normal position, and the The guideway B preferably consists of uppackage of merchandise attached to the tooth rights c, which are secured to the top of the may be drawn from the receptacle through receptacle by means of a suitable horizontal 75 25 the mouth-opening together with the tooth. upper strip a', and near the upper portion of The invention consists in the novel conthe receptacle the upright strips d are construction and combination of the several nected by transverse strips a2. The slide 16 parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, is preferably provided with a front facing 16, and pointed out in the claims. of paper or a like material, which is provided 8o 3o Reference is to be had to the accompanying with a tongue extending upward between the drawings, formingapart of this specification, casing and the cross-strips d2, as shown in in which similar characters of reference indi- Figs. 2` and 3. On the strip 16 the reprecate corresponding parts in all the iigures. sentations of eyeballs 17 are made, together Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. with a shading or substantially crescent- 85 3 5 Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same, shaped panel 18, and when the slide 16 is in looking in the direction of the front. Fig. 3 its normal position the eyeballs will appear is a vertical section through the front portion at the eye openings or sockets 10 in the face, of the receptacle, and Fig. 4 is a detail view as shown in positive lines in Fig. 4; butwhen of a portion of the slide upon which the eyethe slide 16 is drawn downward the eyeballs 9o 4o balls are produced. 1' 7 will show but little at the eye sockets or In carrying out the invention a receptacle Vopenings 10, as illustrated in dotted lines in A of any desired shape or size is provided, and Fig. 1, the major portion of the said openings it may be made from any desired material. showing the shading 18imparting to the face On an outer surface ofthe said receptacle the Van expression of pain. Each tooth has fur- 95 45 representation of a face is produced, preferther attached to it a second string 19, and ably that of an amusing face, and the recepthese strings are led downward to the bottom tacle is provided with openings 10, which repportion of the receptacle, being attached, reresent the eye-sockets of the face, and a larger spectively, to packages 20, containing mersingle opening 11, which will represent the chandise or prizes of any desired character. 10o 5o open mouth of the face. In the mouth-open- In operation, when a tooth is pulled the ing 11 any desired number of teeth 12 are slide 16 will be drawn downward, producing the expression of pain on the represent-ation of the face, and when the slide reaches its lowest position further tension on the tooth will snap the thread 14, connecting it with the slide, and the slide will be returned to its upper or normal position through the medium ofan attached spring 2l, the downward movement of the slide being controlled by a strand 22, of cord, rope, or other material, se cured to the upper portion of the receptacle and to the slide immediately where the spring 2l connects with the latter. The tooth having been separated from the slide 1G may be drawn out through the mouth-opening 1l, carrying with it a package 20, connected with the tooth by the aforesaid string 19, or any equivalent of the string.

The above-described device-will afford considerable amusement, especially to children `while-making a purchase.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire-to secure-by Letters Patentl. In a vending device,- a casing having an opening therein, a panoramic slide mounted in the said casin g, removable objects located -at the margin of the said opening, the said removable objects having a connection with the panoramic slide, operating the same when withdrawn, and means, substantially as described, for attaching merchandise to the aforesaid removable objects, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a vending-machine, a casing having a simulation of a face thereon and provided with openings representingthe mouth and the eye'- sockets, a slide mounted at the rear of the eyesockets and containing the yrepresentation of eyeballs, .the slide being-spring-controlled, objects representing teeth, removably attachedto the marginal portion of the mouthopening, and a connection between the said teeth and the said slide, the-connection being so ma'de that when an object representing a tooth is-withdrawn the slidewill be operated in a mannerto produce an expression of pain on the representation of the face,.as and for the purpose set forth.

In a Vending idevice, the combination, with a receptacle having a representationof a faceproduc-ed thereon, and provided with openings representing the eye-sockets and an opening representing the open mouth, of objectsrepresenting teeth, removably attached to the marginal portion of the mouth-opening, a spring-controlled slide located at the rear of the eye-sockets and havingthe representation of eyeballs produced thereon, the eyeballs being visible at the lsaid socket-openings, a breakable connection between the objects representing teeth and the said slide,'the connection serving to'operate the slide-when'an object representing a tooth is withdrawn,

merchandise concealed within the said receptacle, and connections, substantially as described, between the various articles of mering, thread connections between the various teeth and the slide, and threads leading from the teeth to the interior of the receptacle, and adapted for attachment to articles of merchandise, as and for the purpose specified.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a vreceptacle formed lwith an opening, separate packages of material contained within the re- -ceptacle and capable of being passed in. and out thereof through the opening-detachable parts carried adjacenttothe opening in the receptacle, and means respectively connecting each package of Amaterialwith a detachable part, substantiallyas described.

- 6. As a new article ofvmanufacture a body portion formed with an opening'therein, a series of removableparts carried bythe main yportion and adjacent to the opening, and separate packages of material respectively connected to the removable parts, substantially as described.

7. As a new article of manufacture a receptacle having a main portion formed with two openings, a-series of-removable parts carried by the main portion and adjacent-to one opening, a slide movable adjacent to'the remaining opening, a series of packages of material, and independentconnections respectively between the removable parts and the packages of material, all of theconnections being attached to the slide, substantially as described.

8. A new article of manufacture consisting of ay receptacle formedl with two openings, a series of detachable parts held adjacent to one opening, a slide movable adjacent tothe second opening, a number of packages of material contained within the receptacle and capable of passing outward through the opening to which the lattachable parts are adjacent,

and independent connections respectively for the detachable parts and the packages of material, the connections being all attached to the slide, substantially as described.

9. A new article of manufacture having a body with an opening, detachable merchandise-carrying devices held adjacent to the opening, a slide carried by the body, and connections between the merchandise-carrying devices and the slide, substantially as described. Y

GEORGE O. RANSON.

lVitnesses v W. E. MITCHELL, J. A. IIoUcK.

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